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skvmb··on CSSQuake
You win! I laughed way too hard at this. Boss man is now giving me the side eye.
skvmb··on 'Comically bad' datasets used to train clinical models for stroke and diabetes
As a clown, I can confirm.

If you hand me a clean, well-labeled, representative dataset, I can make the model do a respectable little dance by lunch.

If you hand me a Kaggle CSV with duplicated rows, target leakage, mislabeled outcomes, and columns named final_final_v2_REAL, suddenly I’m not doing ML anymore. I’m doing archaeology with a red nose on.

The model is the balloon animal. The dataset is the elephant you had to drag into the tent.

skvmb··on Ask HN: How do you deal with color blindness?
I have moderate red/green colorblindness. I ended up getting some Enchroma glasses and it has really changed my world for the better. I always knew I was colorblind, but had no way of actually knowing what I was missing until now. Before I got the glasses I would tend to do my best effort on things and then ask a co-worker if anything needed tweaking.
skvmb··on Ask HN: How are you handling real-time data triggers for LLM agents?
I know my setup is pretty dumb and very specific to me, but I am using: * iPhone 15 Pro * Shortcuts app to schedule it to run on a timer * Scriptable to process the returned data * ChatGPT app as the brain
skvmb··on Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?
On iPhone I use ChatGPT via Shortcuts and a-Shell for tool execution and Files for memory and state. I can schedule it to run or can invoke it from the home-screen via a shortcut.
skvmb··on AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yes-man
skvmb··on Firefox is and always has been terrible
I, personally, prefer WaterFox. I use it daily and have had no issues with it.
skvmb··on Nmap in the movies (2008)
Give NMAP a lifetime achievement award too
skvmb··on Bubble Sorted Amen Break
It's pronounced "Doobie Brothers"
skvmb··on Charging a three-cell nickel-based battery pack with a Li-Ion charger [pdf]
I thought this was about charging batteries made from coins. I'll stick do salt water lmao
skvmb··on Global warming has accelerated significantly
Y E S
skvmb··on Cosmologically Unique IDs
offset length

  00     04:    Version + Flags
  04     08:    Timestamp (uint64)
  12     16:    Node/Agent Hash
  28     16:    Namespace Hash
  44     32:    Random Entropy
  76     20:    Extra / Extension
  96     32:    Integrity Hash
Total: 128bytes
skvmb··on Bassoontracker, Tracking in the Browser
Sick! I mostly use Reason 13 now but still have a love for mod tracking.

Here is my mod file player in javascript: https://xovt.neocities.org

skvmb··on Ask HN: What do you think of this "Aliens of the Gaps" movie idea?
To me, this sounds like the reality we currently exist in. My definition of alien may not match with yours. Normal people don't have control over AI's inner workings is all i mean by that.

I would watch that movie though.

skvmb··on Zero-knowledge encrypted notepad, no account, no ads
Uhh...what the fuck?!
skvmb··on Why I actually like TPMs
I read it as "Tire Pressure Monitor"
skvmb··on Ask HN: Who here is not working on web apps/server code?
I build audio software engines mostly. This is highly enjoyable to me, because I get to create new sounds and new audio effects with results being near instant. Upgrading old Amiga ProTracker .MOD file playback to not sound so 8-bit and low samplerate is a fun challenge too.

Compressing Lamport Signatures is a side-project of mine too.

skvmb··on Ask HN: Is There a Market for a "Phone-Only" VA Proxy?
I'd pay for something like this. Not for like talking to my attorneys or related, but I would definitely use this to call my ex and tell her that I'm taking her to court, scheduling appointments (which would need sensitive info), checking inventory of nearby distributors, ordering carryout, and more than what I can think of right now.
skvmb··on FAWK: LLMs can write a language interpreter
I got ChatGPT5 to one-shot a Javascript to stack-machine compiler just to see if it could. It doesn't cover all features of course, but it does cover most of the basics. If anyone is interested I can put it on github after i get off work today.
skvmb··on Twake Drive – An open-source alternative to Google Drive
With SAMBA you just get boring old authentication, but with SCP you need to file a Form-72B with Site Command, ensure all new users pass a Class-3 memetic hazard screening, and then hope that the account doesn't escape containment and start replicating across subnets.

Sure, it's more overhead, but you can't put a price on preventing your NAS from developing sentience.

skvmb··on Show HN: I've built a tiny hand-held keyboard
I code this way using the Rayneo Air 3S Pro. Feels like I accomplish more this way because the display is on my head and I can relax.
skvmb··on Share What You're Working On
A vanilla javascript web-based audio player exclusively supporting Amiga .MOD files. It has a custom PCM audio mixing routine supporting various interpolation algorithms and dithering.

Status: Alpha - Runs solely on my phone lmao Reference: http://127.0.0.1:9898

skvmb··on Holocaust testimony is AI litmus test, and it fails
Maybe it recognizes the absurdity of the claims?!

>the AI tool left out the detail that her mother cut her own finger to give her dying child drops of blood – “the faintest trace of moisture” – to stay alive.

skvmb··on John Coltrane's Tone Circle
To be honest, I am not a jazz musician or even a jazz fan. When I do record music I have better progress when holding myself to a standard or a set of limitations to work within. It gets the brain going to find new solutions to fit within a self-imposed framework.
skvmb··on John Coltrane's Tone Circle
This is pretty solid, I try to use this method all the time.

In my opinion the underrated "Get Your Greasy Head Off The Sham" by Breastfed Yak is jazz at it's finest.

skvmb··on Trading Bot on Bybit Exchange: Greedy Recursive Arbitrage
This is interesting! Is this on Github or, if not, care to share the implementation or even pseudocode?
skvmb··on Microsoft QuickBasic Remembered
QB4.5 changed my life. Being able to make games and save as .EXE was mind-blowing at the time. It lead me to learn x86 assembly and C. I wouldn't probably code at all if it wasn't for QB4.5.
skvmb··on AnduinOS
I read this as Arduino OS. :sad_face:
skvmb··on AI coding agents are removing programming language barriers
> Thank you LMAOOOOO I love the response, it's similar to "Thanks for noticing" B A S E D
skvmb··on No, Grok, No
It's only bad because you disagree with it? I don't really understand the message of your blog. Are you stating that this could not happen without invisible characters in the prompt?
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